Body Mass, Smoking, and Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older U.S. Adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-107

  Krueger, Patrick M ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b   Boardman, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass; Cause specific mortality; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC OBESITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0344666592     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503258518     Document Type: Article

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